Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, By Frances M.A. Roe

















































































































































 -  As I still recollect the gait and disposition of each
horse, it seems of some consequence to me, for unbroken - Page 387
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As I Still Recollect The Gait And Disposition Of Each Horse, It Seems Of Some Consequence To Me, For Unbroken As Some Were, I Was Never Unseated - Not Once!

THE PAXTON HOTEL, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, August, 1888.

ALMOST five weeks have passed since we left dear Fort Shaw! During that time we have become more or less accustomed to the restrictions of a small city, but I fancy that I am not the only one of the party from Montana who sometimes sighs for the Rocky Mountains and the old garrison life. Here we are not of the Army - neither are we citizens. General and Mrs. Bourke are still dazzled by the brilliancy of the new silver star on the general's shoulder straps, and can still smile. Faye says very little, but I know that he often frets over his present monotonous duties and yearns for the regiment, his duties as adjutant of the regiment, the parades, drills, and outdoor life generally, that make life so pleasant at a frontier post.

Department Headquarters is in a government building down by the river, and the offices are most cheerless. All the officers wear civilian clothes, and there is not one scrap of uniform to be seen any place - nothing whatever to tell one "who is who," from the department commander down to Delaney, the old Irish messenger! Each one sits at his desk and busies himself over the many neatly tied packages of official papers upon it, and tries to make the world believe that he is happy - but there are confidential talks, when it is admitted that life is dreary - the regiment the only place for an energetic officer, and so on.

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